Latil

Automobiles Industriels Latil S. A.
Formerly
  • Charles Blum & Cie
  • Charles Blum & Cie S.C.A. (trading as Automobiles Industriels Latil)
Company typeLimited company
IndustryAutomotive
PredecessorCompagnie Française d'Mecánique et d'Automobiles
Founded1909
FounderCharles Blum
Defunct1955
FateMerged with Somua and Renault Poids Lourds into Saviem
SuccessorSaviem
Headquarters,
France (from 1914)
Area served
Western Europe
Products
OwnerBlum family (majority)
Subsidiaries
  • S. A. Belge des Automobiles Industriels Latil (Belgium)
  • Latil Industrial Vehicles Ltd. (United Kingdom)[1]

Automobiles Industriels Latil, commonly known as Latil, was a French manufacturer of commercial and military vehicles created to manage the assets of the defunct Compagnie Française d'Mecánique et d'Automobiles, to market Georges Latil's avant-train Latil, an early front-wheel drive system. The company was established in 1909 by entrepreneur Charles Blum as Charles Blum & Cie. It started to use Automobiles Industriels Latil in the 1910s as a trading name. The company started to produce military vehicles by the 1910s and commercial ones in great numbers by the end of World War I. In 1928, the company adopted its trading name as its legal name. It was dissolved in 1955 after being merged into the Saviem group.

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